Kunimitsu Takahashi is a racing driver from Japan who last raced in FIA GT Championship for Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft. Takahashi has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,792 ranks Takahashi 4561th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1998-08-21 | Suzuka | DNF | โ228 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +59 | Fuji 1977 | Formula 1 | P9 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | โธFIA GT Championship | Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P28 | โ228 | 3,792 |
| 1977 | โธFormula 1 | Tyrrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P17 | +2,534 | 3,884 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ๐ฟ๐ฆ Jody ScheckterHigher-rated, 1ร champion | 6,391 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| ๐ธ๐ช Ronnie PetersonHigher-rated | 6,242 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| ๐ฌ๐ง John WatsonHigher-rated | 6,238 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,551 | ๐ฌ๐ง Roger Williamson | Formula 1 | 3,794 |
| 4,552 | ๐ณ๐ฑ Tim Coronel | World Touring Car Championship | 3,794 |
| 4,553 | ๐ฎ๐น Alfonso Thiele | Formula 1 | 3,793 |
| 4,554 | ๐ฎ๐ช Emmet O'Brien | World Touring Car Championship | 3,793 |
| 4,555 | ๐ฑ๐น John Paul Southern Jr | GT World Challenge Europe | 3,793 |
| 4,556 | ๐บ๐ธ Ryan Dalziel | 24H Series | 3,793 |
| 4,557 | ๐ฎ๐น Andrea Russo | Italian F4 | 3,792 |
| 4,558 | ๐บ๐ธ Don Satterfield | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,792 |
| 4,559 | ๐จ๐ฆ Eppie Wietzes | Formula 1 | 3,792 |
| 4,560 | ๐บ๐ธ Jake Eidson | Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama | 3,792 |
| 4,561 | ๐ฏ๐ต Kunimitsu Takahashi | FIA GT Championship | 3,792 |
| 4,562 | ๐ฌ๐ง Les Leston | Formula 1 | 3,792 |
| 4,563 | ๐ณ๏ธ Matheus Comparatto | F4 Brasil | 3,792 |
| 4,564 | ๐ช๐จ Diego Moran | TCR World Tour | 3,791 |
| 4,565 | ๐ซ๐ท Jean-Bernard BOUVET | 24H Series | 3,791 |
| 4,566 | ๐ฌ๐ง Reimei Ito | Super GT | 3,791 |
| 4,567 | ๐บ๐ธ Steven de Phillippi Connor | Nรผrburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 3,791 |
| 4,568 | ๐ป๐ช Alessandro Famularo | Euroformula Open | 3,790 |
| 4,569 | ๐บ๐ธ Bruce Hamilton | SVRA | 3,790 |
| 4,570 | ๐ฌ๐ง Jonathan Kennard | WEC | 3,790 |
| 4,571 | ๐บ๐ธ Ryan Moore | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,790 |
Kunimitsu Takahashi was an established professional who raced at the highest levels of international motorsport. His indexed record comprises a single Formula 1 start for Tyrrell in 1977 and one appearance in the FIA GT Championship in 1998 for Team Kunimitsu with Mooncraft, competing in shared-car endurance racing.[1]
Takahashi's Formula 1 season in 1977 yielded a 17th-place championship finish from one round. In that brief top-level exposure, he finished ahead of Alex Ribeiro, a driver with ten Formula 1 starts of his own. His sole GT entry came more than two decades later, representing his only indexed appearance in endurance racing.[2]
The gulf between his documented career footprint and his standing in Japanese motorsport history reflects the index's limited coverage of his actual body of work. His two recorded starts do not capture his significance to racing; contemporary sources identify him as the first Japanese winner of a Grand Prix and the founding figure in drifting as a discipline.